Archives for 2016

Weeping Angel Animation by CyberDrone on DeviantArt You know, sometimes the current political campaign reminds me a bit of that famous Dr. Who episode, “Blink.” If you have never seen it, it would take too long to explain. Suffice it to say that there were creatures that looked like an angel statue, but when you […]

@LefeversJay @JeSuisDawn @John_Sevigny @mattgaetz Protesting injustice is literally what founded this country. — j0rdinho (@j0rdinho) September 25, 2016 Sometimes, we miss the obvious. This country was founded on protests that spread into a Revolution. You cannot celebrate the messy destruction of the Boston Tea Party and then be horrified because someone later engages in peaceful […]

the gates of hell by theRusso on DeviantArt Yesterday, I was on an art website, a quite legitimate one, and it’s a sad commentary on the current state of our society that I have to aver that it is a legitimate art website. But, that is not my point. I did a search on the […]

Disney Narnia by M-Mannering on DeviantArt And … this is why we should never allow Disney to buy the rights to produce the Chronicles of Narnia. Could you imagine a Disney Narnia? The drama in the Chronicles would be reduced to a song and dance routine. Any difficulties in the plot would be glossed over. […]

baaad idea by nebezial on DeviantArt We have all had those bad ideas. You know the ones I mean. The ones that you know will get you in trouble, but the joke is too good to pass up. As a child you knew you should not play a joke on your brother or sister because […]

Kerfuffle by KicsterAsh on DeviantArt Recently there has been a kerfuffle going on in the political campaign. In different ways it involves both Hillary and Trump. And, it has me frustrated because it is a kerfuffle that is based on pressure outside the law. What do I mean? Well, Hillary has been being pressured to […]

This is to honor a large group of civilians who were never properly honored. We remember the police and firemen of 09/11. Most of us are not aware that the largest maritime evacuation in history took place on 09/11. It is estimated by the Coast Guard that over 500,000 people were evacuated by Coast Guard, […]

I normally do not respond directly to another writer’s blog, as this can lead to strong misunderstandings and sometimes even inappropriate comments. It is worse when I generally agree with most of the writings of that particular author. In all honesty, when it comes to politics he and I are about as far apart as […]

  Eight years and one month ago I published a blog post about the unavailability of clergy shirts in a guayabera design. I pointed out that clergy shirts in Panama design were available but that, sadly, no guayaberas were available. Well, I am now happy to report that clerical guayabera shirts are available. So, those […]

Saint John Chrysostom has several things to say about wealth and poverty. His sayings have been collected into a booklet titled “On Wealth and Poverty” which you can get at Amazon. Most everyone who is into the whole subject of wealth and poverty sadly only quotes one paragraph of multiple things that he said on […]